Paul wrote:
 
> Looking over your list of shells, I can see why you are not able to find
these
> shells in your books - or rather, why you can't find these NAMES in your
> books!  Almost all of them are old, invalidated names that have been
replaced
> by other names (many of them a long time ago!).  I think you said in your
> previous post that a lot of your shells came from an old collection?
That
> seems to be your problem here.  Some of these shells probably are in your
> books, I suspect, but not by these names.  I recognize some of the names,
and
> was able to find the others in a couple of old books, particularly Walter
> Webb's Handbook for Shell Collectors, copyright 1948.
 
Here's a good reason to keep old shell manuals around.  It reminds me, I
still have this book available if anyone would like to trade for it, or
make an offer.